Froggy wrote:i'm more worried about a drop off in his play than him retiring. sort of like the ovechkin deal

There is a huge difference between the two in that Crosby is always practicing harder than anyone else and continually improving. Ovechkin, not so much. Keep in mind Teemu Selanne scored 48 goals and 94 points at age 36. Crosby has the skill and potential to exceed that.

Assuming you get 5 Sid-eque years from him, the cap hit is getting lighter (as a percentage of the team's total room) each year anyway. It's hard to imagine years 6-10 being a horrible deal. The only real downside is if the deal is strutured so that all the monies are guarenteed, he takes the hit we all fear, and he doesn't play. We'd have the cap space clear, but still owe him actual dollars which would inhibit out ability to spend to the cap 5-6 years from now. All that said, I like the above quote from helmespc.

Sure am happy to see logic in this topic. Everyone sees the risk/reward of signing Crosby for the long term and NOT SIGNING him is a far bigger gamble than signing him.

In all seriousness, he is gonna have a long career. In a few years, we will all look back and realize how much of a dark time this was regarding him and feel blessed to have the best player in the world side by side with the second best player in the world. Both will be terrorizing the league for years to come.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Crosby's contract announced just after midnight on July 1st. Then, a year from now, we will see Geno do the exact same for the same term and cash. The two best players in the world for ten more years and at and extra cap hit of .6 million over their old contracts? Yes please...

So, CBC is officially reporting that the Pens and Crosby are close to finalizing a deal of 10 years, 90 million dollars. I realize that is what we have been talking about during this whole topic but it seems that this is becoming more than just a rumor and that these numbers may be more accurate than we realized.

Anyone have any idea how much Sid makes a year in endorsements? We are quite fortunate that, once in the ballbark, the actual contract figures may be a secondary consideration to Sid with all the ad revenue he has coming in.

Bioshock wrote:Sure am happy to see logic in this topic. Everyone sees the risk/reward of signing Crosby for the long term and NOT SIGNING him is a far bigger gamble than signing him.

In all seriousness, he is gonna have a long career. In a few years, we will all look back and realize how much of a dark time this was regarding him and feel blessed to have the best player in the world side by side with the second best player in the world. Both will be terrorizing the league for years to come.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Crosby's contract announced just after midnight on July 1st. Then, a year from now, we will see Geno do the exact same for the same term and cash. The two best players in the world for ten more years and at and extra cap hit of .6 million over their old contracts? Yes please...

Are they allowed to negotiate with Malkin this summer? Would be nice to ink those two back to back and not have to go through this again next summer....

Bioshock wrote:Sure am happy to see logic in this topic. Everyone sees the risk/reward of signing Crosby for the long term and NOT SIGNING him is a far bigger gamble than signing him.

In all seriousness, he is gonna have a long career. In a few years, we will all look back and realize how much of a dark time this was regarding him and feel blessed to have the best player in the world side by side with the second best player in the world. Both will be terrorizing the league for years to come.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Crosby's contract announced just after midnight on July 1st. Then, a year from now, we will see Geno do the exact same for the same term and cash. The two best players in the world for ten more years and at and extra cap hit of .6 million over their old contracts? Yes please...

Are they allowed to negotiate with Malkin this summer? Would be nice to ink those two back to back and not have to go through this again next summer....

actually you are not allowed to sign a contract until after July 1st for Sid, so his won't be announced til then, so we can't talk to Geno until July 1st of next season. CBA rules and stuff prevent that.